Ariel Jackson joins over Skype from UT Austin to talk about how the history of African American farming, the politics of education, science fiction, and comedy have influenced her interdisciplinary studio practice.

Artist Carly Mark talks moving from studio art into film, including her recent horror short Know Nothing, a film she co-wrote and stars in called Puppet, and an upcoming, top secret feature-length she'll be working on for the next two years.

I've been bugging my good pal and unofficial mentor, Sara Greenberger Rafferty, to come do an episode of Humor and the Abject for months. We finally managed to schedule one and I had the best time catching up with her.